Alexander Bennett - Invitation Chair - blue and silver, Herman Miller, n.d. [c. 2014-2015]

File — Object: Oversized, Object: 7

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

From the Sub-Series:

In this subseries are materials documenting the design process for Alexander Bennett’s winning Metaproject 04 submission, Invitation Chair. This piece of furniture allows its user to create a temporary shared space for collaboration with another person. Bennett’s design materials include planning notes, cardboard models (1/4 scale), 3-D printed models (1/4 scale), two full-scale prototypes, and one final production model from Herman Miller.

Dates

Creation: 2010 - 2024

Creator

From the Collection: Owen, Josh (1970-) (Person)
From the Collection: Bennett, Alexander (Person)
From the Collection: Lim, Jane (Person)
From the Collection: Lin, Veronica (Person)
From the Collection: Lin, Vincent Y. (Person)
From the Collection: Miller, Andrew (Person)
From the Collection: Oh, Sumin-Petal (Person)
From the Collection: Paulius, James (Person)
From the Collection: Pezze, Francesca (Person)
From the Collection: Kim, Daechan (Person)
From the Collection: Liu, Yuke (Person)
From the Collection: Malone, Dylan (Person)
From the Collection: Meltser, Ariel (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Portions of this collection are stored off-site and will require advanced notice to access.

Extent

From the Collection: 30 Linear Feet (two document boxes, eight records cartons, five archival storage boxes, and six oversized flat boxes, as well as loose objects on shelving units)

From the Collection: 6.4 Gigabytes (Digital files)